2026:UHC:2138 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPCRL No. 537 of 2026 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Ms. Geetanjali Dhami, learned counsel for the petitioners. 2. Mr. Bhaskar Chandra Joshi, learned A.G.A. with Mrs. Rangoli Purohit and Mr. Vijay Khanduri, learned Brief Holders for the State. 3. By the instant petition the petitioners are praying for the following reliefs: i. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the FIR No. 0176 of 2026 dated 17.03.2026 registered at Police Station Manglore, District Haridwar under sections 318(4), 351(2) and 352 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, as well as all consequential proceedings arising therefrom. ii. Issue a writ, order or direction directing the respondent authorities not to take any coercive steps, including arrest, against the petitioners in pursuance of the impugned FIR. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the offences as alleged in the FIR against the petitioners are punishable for less than seven years, therefore, I.O. should follow the guidelines formulated by the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar (2014) 8 SCC 272. 5. Learned State counsel have no objection on this and also submits that the offences as alleged are punishable for less than seven years, therefore, the I.O. concerned is under legal obligation to follow the guidelines formulated in the case of Arnesh Kumar (supra). 6. In such view of the matter, the instant writ petition is disposed of finally with the direction to the I.O. concerned to follow the guidelines formulated by the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar (2014) 8 SCC 272 and issue appropriate notices while conducting the investigation. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 25.03.2026 PR 2026:UHC:2138